How it works: Continuous casting of Steel StokeonTrent
The Shelton Works, StokeonTrent had the worlds first concast production plant. Background. Continuous Casting is the process whereby molten steel is solidified into a quot;semifinishedquot; billet, bloom, or slab for subsequent rolling in the finishing mills. Prior to the introduction of Continuous Casting in the 1950s, steel was poured into stationary molds to form quot;ingotsquot;.